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A crowd watches a demonstration by advocates for universal, government-financed healthcare. The protest near the Manhattan Criminal Court building was also in support of 17 defendants fighting charges connected to a September sit-in at the offices of insurance giant Aetna.

A crowd watches a demonstration by advocates for universal, government-financed healthcare. The protest near the Manhattan Criminal Court building was also in support of 17 defendants fighting charges connected to a September sit-in at the offices of insurance giant Aetna. (Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images)

A crowd watches a demonstration by advocates for universal, government-financed healthcare. The protest near the Manhattan Criminal Court building was also in support of 17 defendants fighting charges connected to a September sit-in at the offices of insurance giant Aetna.